Tribune/CW Split Scenario

[nomadcowatbk]

Or maybe there are a few who prefer to watch WGN in front of a tv instead of a computer or phone. And yes, I know you can feed a stream to your tv, but there is only so much tech seniors will accept. But I digress.

those techphobic senior Chicago expats were still able to complain on Facebook

 

[gr8oldies]

What killed a large share of the locally hosted kids' shows were the hosts no longer being allowed to do commercial endorsements.

No it won't. The days of local kids entertainment/cartoon shows are long over. I'm not sure that the FCC would even allow a Bozo's Circus without the boring educational content. Besides, aside from Joey D'Auria (the 2nd Bozo), pretty much everybody that was connected with that show has since died. Even if WGN were to resurrect it, it wouldn't be the same.

Neither are today's kids the same as we were -- they have so much more to do and learn, and better technology to do it with, than we had. Now get off my lawn!

 

[KeithE4]

I assume you mean Braves regular season games on TBS, but we won't be seeing any Braves post-season games on TBS either anytime soon.

That has nothing to do with TV. I take it you haven't checked their record or attempted to watch their feeble attempt at playing baseball this year.

The Braves were unable to use TBS to attract a national following like the Cubs used the WGN Superstation feed tom Cubs fans even outnumbered Braves fans at Turner Field during the 03 post-season

The reason for that, of course is that the father was greater than the son.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

What killed a large share of the locally hosted kids' shows were the hosts no longer being allowed to do commercial endorsements.

E/I requirements probably kept Bozo on WGN for a few more years, though they could have just kept rerunning the Bozo shows that fulfilled the E/I requirement